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Patented Dec. 19, 1876.

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CHEESE-PRESS. No.185,455. Patented Dec. 19, 1876.

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UNITED STATES DANIEL H. ROE, OF MADISON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-PRESSES.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 185,455, dated December19, 1876; application filed November 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. Ron, of Madison, in the county of Lake andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCheese-Pressing Mechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being 11 ad to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to new and improved mechanism designed for useinpressing cheese and consists, first, in an improved gang-press; second,in the combination, with such a press, of cheese-hoops, the press-frameand hoops being relatively so constructed that the hoops shall be heldfirmly to the frame during the operation of pressing; third, in formingthe bandaging-section of the hoop so that its outer edge shall becontinuous or unbroken, but provided with one or more goreshaped slots,extending from the inner edge to, or nearly to, the outer edge, wherebythe hoop may be prevented from liability to lap at its ends, and at thesame time may, if necessary, yield at its inner edge sufiiciently toprevent the tearing of the bandage; fourth, in maintaining a solidbottom to the cheese-hoop, but providing perforations around the edge ofthe body of the hoop adjacent to the bottom, for escape of whey; fifth,in the em loyment, within the cheese-hoop, adjacent to its permanent orfixed bottom, of a removable disk or I plate, said disk or platebeingperforatedand grooved, so as to permit the expressed whey to escapethrough the perforations in the sides of the hoop; sixth, in the specialfeatures of construction, which enable me to carry out the specialobjects of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cheese-pressembodying my invention, showing one hoop in position. Fig. 2 is a viewof same in side elevation, showing by broken sections the relations ofthe various parts. Fig.3 is a cross-sectional view through the guideadjacent to the open end of the hoop; Fig. 4, a sectional view throughthe rear guide; Fig. 5, a separate view of a cheese-hoop inverted; Fig.6, a separate view of the inner removable plate or disk, showing thatside adja- -the perforated removable inner plates or disks;

F, the carrier-block, which bears the stationary nut or head, throughwhich the screw passes. G is the pressure-screw, with its disk G. H is aclevis device or retainer for securing the carrier-block F at. anydesired point. The frame A is provided with guides A, and thecheese-hoops are provided with corresponding cross-heads orguide-pieces, which engage with the guides A, and thus hold the hoopalways snugly to the frame, and permit of its having only a longitudinalmotion in the frame, and the hoops are therefore neverliable to jumpfrom the frame as pressure is being applied.

It is apparent that the peculiar relative construction of the hoop andframe, as shown, is not essential, as there are many ways in which thetwo can be so constructed relatively to each other as to effect thepurpose sought, viz., that each hoop shall, by virtue of the relativeconstruction of hoop and frame A, be firmly held to the frame, andprevented thereby from fiyin g out during the operation of pressing.Several such constructions are shown in Fig. 9, in which correspondingletters represent corresponding parts. Thus the guiding mechanism andretaining devices may be beneath, on the sides, or above the hoop. So,also, the hoop may be plain, with no attachments, and the frame befitted to it to effect the purpose, and other methods may be readilysuggested but I would have it understood that my invention contemplatesany structure or relative construction of frame A and hoop, so that eachhoop shall bear such a direct relation to the frame that the two cannotbe separated by longitudinal pressure on the hoops.

0 represents the cross-pieces on the hoop O,

that engage with the guides A on the frame A. In the particular instanceshown, I make the guide adjacent to the mouth of the hoop withprojections c, which engage beneath the guides A, while the rearguide-piece'O is made without these engaging projections c. Thisconstruction enables me to hook any hoop directly into place on theframe without sliding the hoop on at the end of the frame, andnecessitating the removal of the carrierblock F.

I do not limit myself to any particular kind of hoop, for any hoop maybe employed; but I prefer to employ such hoops as are shown in thedrawings, known as telescopic and self-bandaging hoops, and I mayemploy, with such hoops, the ordinary unbroken band aging-sections; butI prefer to employ such sections as are shown at D. The ends of thesehoops or baudaging-sections are fastened together, as shown at D,preferably with a rigid fastening to one end of the hoop and a singlerivet, which, to a certain extent, acts as a pivot at the other end, asshown in Fig. 8, though any other means of fastening may be employed. Iprovide the bandaging-section with a gore-shaped slot or slots, (1, sothat when the section is in use in a hoop, if the bandage should beconsidered strained, the bandaging-section, by reason of having theseslots d, may yield and permit the bandage to slip slightly withouttearing.

I employ a solid bottom for the hoop, and provide the sides of the hoopwith perforations 0 adjacent to the bottom for the escape of the whey.These perforations may, as shown in the drawings, be only adjacent tothe lower side, or they may extend all the way around.

Within the hoop, and adjacent to its bottom, I employ a removable diskor plate, ",which is perforated, and on the side adjacent to the bottomof the hoop the perforations are joined by grooves to permit the readyescape and flow of the whey.

I do not limit myself to any particular means for exerting the pressure,but the device shown of the screw and carrier-block F G and the clevisor retainer H, which may be readily adjusted forward or backward to thedifferent holes g, I deem to be a very convenient and efficientconstruction.

It will be noticed that when two or more hoops are employed, as shown inFig. 2, the month end of each hoop encircles and firmly retains thebottom end of the one next in front, whichdispenses with the necessityof employing the projections c on the rearguide-pieces 0.

To use this device I proceed as follows: One of the perforated disks orplates is placed in a hoop, and a round piece of cloth is put in uponit. The bandage is then introduced, with its lower edge turned in uponthe perforated plate, and its top edge is fastened by thebandaging-hoop. The curd is then introduced, and a round piece of clothon top of it. A follower, E, is then placed upon it, and it is all'readyto be inserted in the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The other hoopsare filled in like manner. The carrier-block F is then moved forward, ifnecessary, and secured, and finally pressure is applied by the screw.The expressed whey escapes through the perforated disk, thence throughthe openings in the side of the can, and is collected or conveyed away.

It is apparent that I may employ a singlev guide-piece upon each hoop,or I may employ two or more such pieces, 0.

Another advantage is gained by the bandaging-section being madecontinuous at its outer edge, and open or slotted from that point to theinner edge, viz., that, even though the slot may not be gore-shaped, thejoint usually present is dispensed with, enabling the bandaging-sectiouto be more readilyinserted. I therefore find that, no matter how faroutward from the hoop the outer edge of this section may extend, thereis the above advantage in having that portion which extends into thehoop open, and the open or slotted portion, in any event, need notextend along any but that portion which extends, in use, into the hoop.

What I claim is 1. In a cheese-pressing mechanism, the combination of aframe and cheese'hoop, constructed to engage with each other,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the frame A, provided with guide or guides A,of cheese-hoops 0, provided with an attachment or attachments, G,constructed, substantially as described, to admit of hooking thecheese-hoop into the guides at any point, for the purposes set forth.

3. The bandaging-section D, provided with the slots 01, substantially asand for the purposes described.

4. The cheese-hoop, provided with a solid bottom and with perforations 0around the same, substantially as and for the purposes described;

5. The combination, with the hoop O, having a fixed bottom andperforations c, of the perforated and grooved removable inner plate ordisk E, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. The combination of carrier-block F and clevis or retainer H,substantially as and for the purposes described.

7. A slotted bandaging-hoop, the slots in which extend only along thatportion which projects into the hoop, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL H. ROE. Witnesses:

WELLS W. Lneenrr, FRANCIS TQUMEY.

